The president of the 'Olympets', Howard Cheung, said the five-ring symbol for the game is the five species - dog, cats, parrots, small-size animals and reptiles.

TOKYO - When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.

He kept mum with the cops, but began chatting after a few days with the vet.

"I'm Mr. Yosuke Nakamura," the bird told the veterinarian, according to Uemura. The parrot also provided his full home address, down to the street number, and even entertained the hospital staff by singing songs.

In this photo released by the Chinese news agency Xinhua, a parrot slam-dunks during a performance at the Laohutan Ocean Park in Dalian, a port city in northeast China's Liaoning province, on Friday May 2, 2008

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - "Ten," a six-year-old New World parrot, can solve a puzzle consisting of two entangled chains in less than 30 seconds.

It takes humans about an hour.

The female macaw at a botanical garden in suburban Tokyo competes against more than a dozen human visitors every day, but remains undefeated.

"I can't do it! It's impossible!" said eight-year-old Yuto Uotani, after Ten solved the puzzle in a matter of seconds, using her beak and foot.

Other parrots have so far failed to beat Ten's record. Most of them pay no attention to the chain puzzle.

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